Written on the 2009 Winter Solstice, I heartily encourage any of you hard-working, under-appreciated teachers out there to use this as part of a science class lesson plan.
The Solstice Song
Today’s the shortest day of the year, oh how I wish you were here
Cause snow’s all around and school’s been shut down
And the fun’s been kicked into high gear
What makes this day so brief? The sun’s height is only 26.5 degrees
That’s pretty low it makes for a short show
The earth’s tilted away from the sun now you see?
It’s called winter solstice so let’s salute and toast it
The shortest day of the year
Today’s the longest day of the year oh how I wish you were here
With the perfect warm weather what could be better
Than life in the slowest of gears
What makes this day stick around? The sun don’t feel like going down
Hooray for the flowers the day lasts sixteen hours
Cause the earth’s tilted back towards the sun by now
It’s called summer solstice so let’s make the most of it
The longest day of the year
Let me make one thing quite clear: I’m singing about the Northern Hemisphere
Down in the south everything’s switched around
It all comes back to the tilt of the earth on its axis my dear
But it don’t matter to me I’ll go wherever you’ll be
The south or the north I will sally forth
Hot or cold weather let’s spend them together
The shortest and the longest days of the year
GUITAR NOTES:
Chords
Verse: D/G/D/D G/G/D/D G/G/D/D A/A/A/A (2x)
Chorus: G/D G-A-D
